You will remember that Scalebound should have been great Microsoft's exclusive, and Platinum Games were working on it, so we were quite excited about the game. Then Microsoft disappointed everyone when the game was suddenly canceled. After this year's E3 Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained why there has been a collapse of Scalebound and what he learned from it.
In an interview with Japanese portal Game Watch he said that Platinum Games are making ambitious and special games which have no equal on the market, but the problems rose when Scalebound was prematurely introduced . The game itself still needed a lot of work, and the expectations of the fans were inflated and so it set new obstacles in the development so much that both Microsoft and Platinum Games began to doubt their ability to provide the fans with what they want.
This is quite understandable, because no one exactly knew what to expect from Scalebound, so developers had many opinions and wishes of the fans which they could not make out into something we want to see. Spencer, however, pointed out that despite their failure he still has a lot of respect for Platinum Games and his friend Hideki Kamiya and hopes that the Japanese developers continue to open to the world and that they will again cooperate.
Never heard of Scalebound? Here is a video that shows what Microsoft showed to the world and why it was so hyped.
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gologames
Glad to hear! The rewind feature is a great idea, but, unfortunately, we rejected it in the early stages of development. Not sure if it was the right decision : )
Your article helps with understaning what impression the game makes. Thanks and good luck you too with your efforts!
April 03, 2024 -
Alexkayl
Thank you for the compliment, I have enjoyed this brain-teaser quite a bit, well done! Curious to see what those ideas will be, I'm hoping one of them to be the rewind feature. Good luck for the launch!
April 01, 2024 -
gologames
Thanks for thoughtful and detailed of Halver. It was interesting to read and we even and we even picked up a few ideas!
April 01, 2024 -
John Pope
I just purchased Microsoft office 21 and need to get instructions to load
March 29, 2024 -
Laurel Ann
Thank you. I'm sure you could probably tell from reading the article, but Out of Sight is a game that feels particularly personal for me, partly due to my state while playing it, but also because I had been waiting for a Prey sequel for years and will likely be waiting forever.
I hope I was able to keep my objectivity - I tried!
I would love to return to Prey sometime for a review.
I'll have to see if I can track down a copy when I'm done with my current projects.
November 22, 2023 -
SlipSlot
As someone who also loved the original Prey but tried hard and failed to enjoy the 2017 release (not a bad game, just not for me), I thought this article was really well written. Maybe one day you'll consider doing a retro review of the original?
November 22, 2023 -
SlipSlot
UPDATE: There are now 100 products in the Trove. Of course, the majority of these are smaller or novelty titles, as there's no way to purchase OP points and fraud up to now basically cut away the little profit we made from things like quests or ads, they're essentially reskinned giveaways, so there's only so much we can list for "purchase" there.
The store will include both Trove and standard products, so is the place to look for any more premium games you might want - but again, as per the article, this is majorly being stripped back and will hold limited titles moving forward.September 20, 2023 -
SlipSlot
The Trove had already been cut back, the store is where the bulk of the work needs to be done as this can't be done automatically like we could with the Trove.
That said, we expect to be able to add more to the Trove once the store work has been completed so it should actually increase a little.
September 18, 2023